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PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation

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The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. —PCAST letter to the President. The six key components are: 1.

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Vertimass and European Energy to partner on CO2 to hydrocarbons via methanol pathway

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Vertimass and European Energy have completed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate technologies for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into hydrocarbon products around the world. —Søren Knudsen Kær , Head of Technology, Power-to-X of European Energy. —Vertimass CEO Charles Wyman.

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IEA estimates energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010 highest in history; 80% of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already locked in

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Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global leaders agreed a target of limiting temperature increase to 2 °C at the UN climate change talks in Cancun in 2010. Earlier post.).

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Researchers propose harvesting CO2 mixing energy to generate electricity

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Principle of the energy harvesting method: dissolved CO 2 dissociates in protons and bicarbonate ions, which diffuse into different electrodes due to the ion-selectivity of the membranes placed in front. Mixing two solutions of different composition leads to a mixture with a lower Gibbs energy content compared to the original two solutions.

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Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. Le Quéré, C.,

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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As a result of the deal, Honda is one of the top automakers globally in the adoption of renewable energy to power its operations. Starting in fall of 2020, Honda will purchase 530,000 MWh/year from 120 MW of wind power generated by the Boiling Springs Wind Farm in Oklahoma, a 150 MW development of the energy company E.ON.

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Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

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Roskill’s new Sustainability Monitor, and subsequent White Paper, analyze the energy consumption and CO 2 emissions of the lithium supply chain. This analysis, based on a bottom-up calculation of energy use by source, accounts for all scope 1 and 2 emissions within the production chain, measured on an operation by operation basis.

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